Wire-drawing machine motor control



Sept. 11, 1951 O. M. BUNDY vWERE-DRAWING MACHINE MOTOR CONTROL Filed OCT.. 16, 1948 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

Sept. 11, 1951 o. M. BUNDY 2,567,635

WIRE-DRAWING MACHINE MOTOR CONTROL Filed OCJC. 16, 1948 3 ShGebS-Shee 2 HTToH/Vfy Sept. 1l, 1951 O. M. BUNDY WIRE-DRAWING MACHINE MOTOR CONTROL Filed OCT.. 16, 1948 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 FDf ICH7

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Patented Sept. 11, 1951 UNTED WIRE-DRAWING TVIACHINE MOTOR `CONTROL Oswald M. Bundy, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to The Clark Controller Company,

Cleveland,

Ollio, a corporation of Ohio Application October 16, 1948, Serial No. 54,977

4 Claims. 1

This invention relates to electric motor controls for controlling a plurality of motors concurrently; and relates particularly to controls for the motors of a multiple-die block Wire drawing machine.

Wire drawing machines of the class referred to here comprise a sequence of Wire drawing die blocks of successively smaller die hole diameter through all of which in series, Wire stock is threaded and then continuously drawn to successively, or by stages, reduce it in diameter to the nal desired size.

The main elements of such a wire drawing machine as conventionally arranged are illustrated diagrammatically, in Fig. l.

The Wire I is pulled through the first die block 2, by a reel or capstan 6 upon which a few turns of the wire are wound to give traction; the capstan being rotatably driven by a direct current electric motor ID. from the capstan E and drawn in a loop I4 over a dancer roll Il, and over a stationary guide roll 2t and through the second die block 3 by a second capstan 'i driven by a second motor II.

Similarly, the Wire is drawn through the succeeding die blocks f3 and 5 and looped as at I5 and I6 over dancer rolls I8 and I9, and over stationary guide rolls 2l and 22 by capstans 8 and 9, driven by motors I2 and I3, the last capstan S being in the form of a reel upon which the finished Wire is Wound and accumulated in a bundle.

The motors lIl-II-IZ-IS have series ields 23, 24, 25, and 26 and shunt fields 2l, 28, 29, and 30. The speed of the motor I3 for the last capstan or reel 9 is usually controlled, or set, by hand manipulation of a neld rheostat comprising a movable contact 38 and a shunt eld resistor 34. The respective speeds of the motors Iii-I I-I2 are regulated by the dancer rolls Il-I-IB respectively, controlling iield resistors 3I-32-33, by moving contacts 35-35-31 thereover as the lengths of the dancer roll loops Ill-IS-IS change or tend to change, thereby cutting resistance into the respective shunt iield circuits to speed up the respective motors, when the loop tends to shorten, and vice versa, in each case. Thus the successive capstans 6, l, 8, and 9 are driven at successively higher speeds and these speeds regulated to correct values to compensate for the successively increasing length of the Wire caused by its reduction in diameter at each die and to prevent accumulation of slack between successive dies.

It is customary as referred to, to utilize direct The wire is unwound current motors having both shunt and series i'ields for driving the capstans; and in some cases a machine may have as many as five or six motors; and various controls have been proposed for the motors. To render the operation of the machine reliable, efficient and safe, such contro-ls must include among other features, means for starting all of the motors simultaneously and bringing them up to their respective speeds; and means for jogging them that is starting and stopping them intermittently at low speed, to facilitate threading the Wire through the successive dies at the beginning of a drawing operation and i'or other purposes; or running them at low speed to give time to observe that the machine will operate as intended, if accelerated to high production speed; and means for quickly stopping all of the motors Whenever desirable.

Cornu eroe demands a machine that can be used for drawing Wire of a wide range of sizes on different production jobs; for example as large as 1/4 inch diameter and as small as No. l2 gage; and demands also that the operative speed of the machine be as high as possible for each size and still do good work.

rfhese requirements have led to difculties in the conventional machine controls.

in the conventional controls, upon starting up the motors, series starting resistance has been utilized in the usual manner, and cut out by steps to accelerate the motors. To provide the aforesaid jogging, the acceleration has been prevented from proceeding and some of the starting resistance maintained in the circuit, predetermined in amount to give jogging or low speed running.

lf the production job is one of large diameter wire requiring the development of high motor torque for pulling it through the respective dies, lovv speed, and the said jogging resistance is predetermined for that case, then it will not be possible with the same resistance to run at low starting or jogging speed, in the case of small Wire requiring little torque.

Or if the starting resistance is predetermined for the small torque of a small Wire job, and so that itcan give a low starting speed, then on a large wire job, the machine will stall and not start.

It has been found to be necessary therefore to experimentally change the starting resistance to adapt it to difierent production jobs. This is objectionable because it is often not skillfully done; and when, in the case of going from large Wire to small Wire, the change is not made at all due to neglect or inadvertence, the machine may at the start immediately and unexpectedly come up to a high speed. Besides being objectionable, this may endanger the operator who may be adjusting the dies or threading the wire through them and who expected the machine to start and run at a low jogging or inching speed.

It is one of the objects of this invention to eradicate this objectionable feature; and to provide a control for the motors by which during jogging operation or during a timed acceleration period, the motors are caused to develop suicient torque to start under large loads including the maximum encountered load, but are prevented from exceeding a predetermined relatively low speed at small loads including the minimum encountered load.

Again, in the conventional controls for machines of the class here considered, provision has been made for stopping the machine by dynamic braking of the motors. In general, in such prior controls, the armatures of the motors are connected in local circuits containing braking resistance, The resistance is cut out by steps. Then as a final step of braking, the shunt fields are given full energization. Up to the final step the shunt field strength of the respective motors is regulated by the dancer operated rheostats (referred to in connection with Fig. I) so that as the motors slow down under the dynamic braking action, their correct relative individual speeds are maintained. But at the final step with full shunt field strength on al1 of the motors, this speed regulation obviously is lost.

This conventional braking control is not satisfactory because the motors are not stopped in a sufiiciently short interval of time for safety in cases of emergency. The motors cannot be permitted to run at any considerable speed without the said dancer rheostat regulation, and therefore the speed must be greatly reduced before the dancer rheostat control is superseded by full eld strength; but as is well known dynamic braking diminishes as the speed falls; so that a long interval elapses before the motor speed falls to a value at which the last step of braking can be applied.

It is therefore a further object of this invention to provide an improved braking control for the motors of such a machine which will stop them in a shorter interval of time than heretofore possible and without losing regulation of their relative individual speeds.

Other objects of the invention will become apparent hereinafter to those skilled in the art.

The full control of the motors of the machine briefly described hereinbefore, may be considered as comprising jogging or inching, that is, starting and stopping intermittently without attaining more than a low speed, and continuous running at low jogging speed; stopping while jogging; accelerating up to full production speed and running at that speed; and stopping while running at full speed.

An embodiment of the invention in which these functions are performed in an improved manner as referred to is fully disclosed in the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is, as referred to hereinbefore, a diagrammatic view, illustrating the main elements of a motor driven wire drawing machine of conventional arrangement, with incomplete circuits for the motors thereof;

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the complete circuits of the several motors, and contacts and contactors controlling them;

Fig 3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating part of a control system for the contactors and contacts of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4. is a diagrammatic View to be taken together with Fig. 3 and illustrating the rest of the control system.

In Figs. 2, 3, and 4, there are a number of electromagnetic contactors comprising each a winding and a plunger and a number of double break contacts operated thereby. Some of the contacts are closed and some are open, when in normal condition, that is when the windings are de-energized; and the entire system is illustrated with the parts in normal unenergized condition.

To simplify the drawing so that the various electrical circuits may be represented in thesocalled across-the-line type of diagram, adopted by engineers generally, each Contactor is shown complete as having all of its contacts associated with it unitarily, but with the circuit connections to the contacts shown fragmentarily and broken off; and each of these contacts is reproduced fragmentarily elsewhere in the diagram with the complete circuit connections thereto.

In Fig. 2, the contactors and their contacts are as follows:

Contactors IFL, ZFL, 3FL, and lSFL, each having respectively one pair of open contacts IFLI, ZFLI, `iIFLI, and ZIFLI.

Contactors IOL, 20L, BOL, and 4OL, each having respectively one pair of closed contacts IOLI, EOLI, SOLI, and lOLI.

Contactor VR having one pair of open contacts VRI.

In Fig. 3, the contactors and their contacts are as follows:

Contactor SR having open contacts SRI and SR2.

Contactor ICR having open contacts ICRI, ICR2, ICR3, ICRII, ICR5, and ICRG, and closed contacts ICR'I.

Contactor 2CR having open contacts 2CRI, 2CR2, 2CR3, and 2CR4, and closed contacts 2CR5 and 2CR6.

Contactor M having open contacts MI and M2.

Contactor FP having open contacts FPI, FP2, and FP3.

Contactor S having open contacts SI, S2, and S3.

Contactor IDB having closed contacts IDBI, I DB2, and open contacts IDB3.

Contactor ZDB having closed contacts 2DBI, 2DB2, and open contacts 2DB3.

Contactor FDE having open contacts FDEI, FDE2, FDE3, and FDE4.

Contactor IFF having open contacts I FFI and I FF2.

Contactor 2FF having open contacts 2FFI and 2FF2.

Contactor 2T having one pair of closed contacts ZTI.

Contactor 3CR havin-g open contacts 3CRI, 3CR2, 3CR3, and closed contacts 3CR4, and SCRS.

Contactor IA having open contacts IAI, IAZ, and closed contacts IA3.

Contactor IT having one pair of open contacts ITI.

In Fig. 4 the contactors and their contacts are as follows:

Contactor 2A having open contacts EAI, 2A2, and'closed contacts 2A3.

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Contactor- 3A having open contacts SAI :and 3A2.

Contactor 4A-having-open contacts AAl and 4A2'.

Contacter 5A having open contacts 5A! and closed contacts 5A2.

In- Fig. 2, the motors, series fields, and shunt lields of Fig. l are reproduced, identiiied at |-H--l2-l3; and 23, 24, 25,726; and 21,' 2-8, 29, 30, respectively.

The respective shunt field resistors 3|, 32; 33, and 34, and the respective dancer roll operated contact arms 35,- 36, 3l, and a manually operablearm 38 for the resistorsare also reproduced from Fig. 1.

In Fig. 2 at 4t and 4| are resistors to-be described; at 42 is motor accelerating resistance. Associated with the dancer roll resistors are supplemental resistors 43, fifi, 45, and 49; and 'associated with the motor i3 is a resistor 4l.

The circuit connections of Figs. 2, 3, ande and other parts thereof notabcve identified will be described in connection with a description of the` operation oi the system as a whole which. now follows.

M alte-ready conditions In Fig. 2, direct current potential is supplied by mains 48--49- Upon closing connecting switches Eil-|, a shunt field main 52 is connected to the supply main 48 through a common eld resistor 53, and a shunt eld main 5d is connected directly to the main 49.

Wires 55-55 of Fig. 2," continued in supply potential to control mains l-So 3 and 4.

In Fig. 3, current immediately news from control main 5? by wire 59, through closed contacts IAB and 3CR5 through the windings or" contactors (FF and 2FF, to control main 58, thereby closing contactsI lFF, IFF, EFFI, and 2FF2.

In Fig. 2, the closing of these contacts causes shunt eld current to ilow through the shunt fields as follows: from main it through resistorV The shunt elds are thereby all given partially full strength determined by the resistor 53.

In Fig. 3, current also immediately ioivs by wire 'i6 between control mainsv 5l-58, through closed contacts 2CRS and lCR'i, through the winding of contactor FDE and it operates closing its contacts FDEi to FDE but nothing is actuated at this time, since these contacts in Fig. 2 are bridged by wires GS-SS-lQ-li.

In Fig. 2, the eld current energizing the windings of coni-.actors lFL--2FL-3FL-4FL, operates them closing their contacts EFLI--2FLI- 3FLl-4FLL In Fig. 3, therefore, current flows romcontrol main 5'.' by wire 'il through a controller 'i3 to be described, through the closed contacts of a sal'ety switch i9, by Wire 89, through all of the closed contacts lFLl-2FL-3FL4FL-I,. in series, through the closed contacts lOLl, ZOLi, SOLI, 4OLI, in series, through the closedcontacts ill of a. manual or pedal jogging contacter t2, through the winding of contactor SPL-to main 53.

Contactor SR operates and closes, its contacts SRlSRZ. Contacts SRI .put tabridge aroundl the jogging contacts r'8l as a maintaining circuit for contacter SR. Contacts SR2 connect a supplemental main 84 to the main 53; another supplemental main- 85 being .connected to the other main-57 through the above described series of eightcontacts EGLI to 4OLI and VFL! to FLI and lines 8!) and Tl.

The shunt fields of the motors are now energized, but through the resistor 53 and to less than full across-the-line energization; and the system is nowin alerted condition ready to be operated.

Jogging. operation It is one of. the improvements effected by this invention as referred to, to cause the motors to develop high torque but to prevent their attaining high speed, when starting from rest and while jogging, thatis intermittently starting and stopping for setting up purposes, etc., or running at low speed preparatory to accelerating to high production speed.

For jogging operation, the manual or pedal contactor 82 Fig. 3 is operated to start, and restored to stop; and may be operated to start and stop intermittently; or may be held operated for continuous running at reduced speed.

The following events occur upon pushing the jogging contacter 32 downwardly, and holding it down.

Main current is supplied to the motors lil--l ll2-i3 and to their series iields 23 to 26, with motor accelerating resistance 42all in the circuit.

The shunt fields 2l to 30 are given full energs. :xfs gization across the supply line.

An armature shunt circuit is closed around the armature of each motor through resistance :5d-4I.

After a predetermined time interval, a first step of. the acceleratingresistance #i2 is cut out; the shunt fields are then reduced from full strength to that of the dancer roll rheostat resistors 3l to 3i, and put under control of the dancer rolls.

The circuits and controls for effecting these events are as follows.

In Fig. 3, upon pushing jog contactor 82 downward, upper contacts 8i open and lower contacts 86 close. Supplemental mains 85-84 are already connected as described to control mains 57-58 respectively.

Current ows from supplemental main 85, in line 33, through contacts SAE, SCRfi, contacts B, winding of contactor lCR, to supplemental main S4, operating contactor ICR, and closing contacts ICR! to lCRG and opening contacts ICR?.

Current llows from supplemental main 85 through now closed contacts iCRd, through winding of contactor M to supplemental main Eli, operating contacter M, closing its contacts Ml and M2.

In Fig. 2, closing of contacts Mi connects the supply line d3 to a motor main 8l', and main armature current flows therefrom by wires Sii- SS-Q-Ql through the windings or" overload contactors iOL-ZOL-tO-L-SOL (whose contacts normally remain closed), through the motor armatures i-ll-l2-i3, and their sc 'es windings 23 to 26, to a motor main 32, thence through accelerating resistance 2 to the supply line t9..

In Fig. 3, current flows between the control t de-energizes contactors their contacts and in Fig. 2 contacts IFFI, IFFZ,

7 mains T-'58 in line 93 through now closed contacts ICR5 and through winding of contactor FP operating it and closing its contacts FPI to FP3.

In Fig. 2, closing of contacts FPI cuts out the resistor 53 from the circuit of the field windings. The contacts IFFI, IFF2, ZFFI, and 2FF2 being closed, the fields are now energized to full acrossthe-line strength.

In Fig. 3 current in line 94 flows through now closed contacts ICRIS and through winding of contactor ZDB and it operates opening its contacts ZDBI and 2DB2, and closing contacts 2DB3.

In Fig. 2 opening of contacts 2DBI removes a bridge from around resistor 4I, and puts both sections of resistance lili-4I in series..

In Fig. 3, current in line 95 iiows through now closed contacts FP2 and through either closed contacts ZCRE or IDBE and through winding of contactor S, operating it and closing its contacts SI to S3. v

In Fig. 2, closing of contacts SI, S2, S3 connects. the right hand side of the respective motors ICI-I I-I2 to an armature shunt main 99 which is connected to one end of resistance I0-4I the other end being connected through closed contacts IDBI to the motor main 87; thus establishing an armature shunt around each of these motors. The motor I3 has a similar armature shunt by means of a wire 9'! from its right hand side to a point on the resistor lill.

In Fig. 3 current in line 16. is interrupted by opening of contacts ICRI, and winding of contactor FDE is de-energized and its contacts restored; and in Fig. 2, this opens contacts FDEI to FDE4 which again is an idle operation for these contacts.

In Fig. 3, in line 98 contact M2 is closed and winding of contactor IA is energized. This contactor is delayed in operation by any suitable or well known design as symbolized by a dash-pot 99. At the end of its time interval it operates and closes contacts IAI-IAZ and opens contacts IAS.

In Fig. 3 in line 59, opening of contacts IAS IFF and 2FF opening 2FFI, and 2FF2 accordingly open.

The shunt field current is thereby reduced to less than full strength by having to flow through the resistors 3| to 313 and the motors IIJ-I I-I2 are subjected to iield control at the dancer roll resistors 3i to 33 as described.

In Fig. 2, when contacts IAI close, they cut out the first step Iii@ of starting resistance 42.

On jogging` operation, therefore, the motors start each with a full strength shunt i'ield, and with an armature shunt and therefore develop great torque for heavy starting load, but are held from accelerating to high speed on light load, by the series starting resistance 42. After a time interval, the shunt iields are reduced to a lower value and put under the control of the dancer rolls, and a step of the starting resistance is cut out. The motors will then run at reduced speed so long as the manual switch 82 is held down.

Stopping during jogging To stop during jogging, or low running speed operations, the followingr events are caused to occur.

The main current to the motors is cut 01T, and

dynamic braking circuits are made for their armatures. Resistance for the braking circuits is the same resistance as was used for the armature shunts above described; but a step of it is cut out to increase the braking effect.

f contacts The shunt fields are full strength during this dynamic braking.

This is accomplished as follows:

The manual or pedal switch 82 in Fig. 3 is restored and returns to normal, closing contacts 8| and opening contacts 86.

This opens line |38 and de-energizes contactor ICR. Contacts ICRA open and de-energize contactor M, and the latter, in Fig. 2 opens MI and breaks the main motor supply current to the main 81.

In Fig. 3, line 913 is opened by opening of ICRB and de-energizes contactor ZDB, which closes contacts 2DBI and in Fig. 2 these contacts cut out resistor section 4I.

In Fig. 3, line 98, when contacts M2 opened, they de-energized contactor IA and is closed its contacts IAB in line 59 which operated contactors IFF and 2FF, and in Fig. 2, their contacts IFFI, IFF2, 2FFI, and 2FF2 close and short out the field resistors 3| to 3A.

In Fig. 3, line 'I6 is closed by closing of contacts ICR'I and contactor FDE is operated thereby closing its contacts FDEI to FDEA; but in Fig. 2, the closing of these contacts is an idle operation, IFTI, IFF2, 2FFI, and 2FF2 being closed.

In Fig. 3, line 93, contacts ICR5 open but contactor FP is still held operated by current in line through maintaining contacts FP2 and contacts 2'II and then in line 93 through winding of contactor FP; so that in Fig. 3 in line IUI contacts FPS are closed, and contacts 2DB2 being closed, current iiows in line IIlI and energizes a timing contactor 2T starting its time interval, it being a delayed operation contactor as symbolized by the dash-pot |02.

In line 95, contacts FP2 being closed, current in line 95 through contacts FP2 and 2CR5 (or IDB2) energizes contactor S so that in Fig. 2 its contacts SI, S2, and S3 are closed and complete a dynamic braking circuit for the motors IIl--II-IZ through these contacts to main 98, through resistor 4D, closed contacts 2DBI, contacts IDBI, main 8l and back to the motors; and motor I3 has its own similar braking circuit through main 9'I and a part of resistor 49 and therefore a greater braking effect than that on the motors IIJ--II-I2.

In Fig. 2, contacts FPI being closed, the field resistor 53 is cut out.

The motors are thus dynamically braked by strong armature current, limited by only one section 4G, of braking resistance, and by shunt fields of full across-tlie-line strength.

It is to be understood that the speed of the motors when braking began, was. at most, the low jog running speed and that they will be quickly brought to rest.

In any event, however, the time interval of contactor 2T is running; and, by adjustment, it is preferably timed so as not to fully operate until the motors have stopped. When it operates its opens 2TI, and restores the system to makeready condition.

In Fig. 3, line 95--93, opening of contacts ZTI de-energizes contactor FP and it restores opening contacts FP2 and then in line 95 de-energizes contactor S and it restores.

In Fig. 2, opening contacts FPI puts the common field resistor 53 in the iield circuit; and opening of contacts SI to S3 removes the armature shunt and dynamic braking circuits.

In Fig. 3, line IDI, opening contacts FPS deenergizes contactor 2T and it restores closing its 9 contacts 2TI, but in line 95-93 this .cannet again operate contacter FP er contacter S because contacts'FPZ are open. The system is thus restored to normal er make-ready conditions.

Full speed running termittent or slow speed running, the line'I'I is energized through the connected contacts IIN-|05.

For full speed running, the operator pushes the jog contacter 82 down, if it is not already down, and while holding it down, moves the controller to the Start position and then restores the contacter 82, and then moves the controller te the Run position.

In theabeve described jogging operation, running at low speed, only one ef the accelerating contactors IA operated, cutting out only the starting resistance section |08 in Fig. 2. To accelerate the motors te full speed, the other accelerating contactors 2A to 5A are operatedsuccessively .as will be described. Before this can 3 take place, as will become clear later, contacter 2CR of Fig. 3 must be operated and the timer IT in line H3 of Fig. 3 `musthave run its interval; because as will be described, the successive .accelerating contactors 2A to 5A of Fig. 4 are all dependent for operation upon the operation of contacter 2A; and contacter 2A cannot operate until contacter IDB has operated as shown in Fig. 4 line IIB; and inFig. 3, line II5, contacter IDB is shown to be dependent upon the closure of contacts of contactors 2CR and IT.

By this means, it is insured that the conditions of high torque and limited speed of the jogging circuits, and the advantages thereof, will be imposed upon the motors before they can be accelerated to full speed. The timer IT is preferably adjusted ior a time interval such that if the operator sets the system for full speed running, acceleration te the full speed is delayed by the timer I'I until the motors are brought up te their f continuous running low speed under jogging conditions of high torque and limited speed.

In accord-ance with the above outline for full speed operation the following events occur.

The events for continuous running at jogging low speed first occur, if they have not already occurred.

Then the .armature shunt circuits are'opened; and the accelerating resistance is cut out in suceessive timed steps.

This is accomplished as follows, assuming that the jogging oper-ation has not been performed.

In Fig. 3, contacter 82 is moved down and held down, contacter iCR is thereby operated by current flowing between supplemental mains 85 and T B4 through line and.

With contacter 82 held down, and controller 'I8 moved to Start position, current ilews from supplemental main 85 through contacts 5A2,

|38 and contacts 5A2, 3CR4,

.3CRII, contacts, a wire |08, connected controller contacts I'-ID'L a'wire I09, contacts ICR3, winding of contacter ZCR, tesupplemental main 84, operating contacter ZCR and closing contacts ZCRI te 2CR4, and opening contacts 2CR5 and ZCRB.

The operator while holding contacter 82 down, moves the controller 'I8 te the Run position, opening the line IBS-I 09.

Contactors ICR and 2CR-are new both in eperated condition; and contacter ICR will presently be defenergized andrestored by the movement ef controller 'I8 to the Run position, which will open the line Hi8-|99 ,at the controller contacts IUE-I0?. Af-ter contacter ICR is thus restored, contacter ZCR will be held operated between mains 85-84 bypurrent through contacts ZCRI and 2CR2 and awire I'I I.

For 'thepresenh with contactors ICR and 2CR Aboth operated, in Fig. line 93,contactor FP is energized through closed contacts ICR and operates, and when contacter ICR is presently restored, opening contacts ICR5, contacter FP will be held energized by current -in line 95 through its own contacts FP2 and contacts 2TI and centinuatien of line 93; and in VFig.2, the eld resistor 53 is kept cut out by contacts FPI.

In Fig. 3,.line 84, contacts ICR6 being closed, contacter ZDB is energized and opens its contacts 2DBI and Y2DB2 and closes 2DB3.

In Fig. 3, line II2, contacts 2 CR4 and 2DB3 being closed, contacter SCR. is energized and closes its contacts SCRI to 3CR3 and opens BCRA and 3CR5.

In Fig. 3, line ISS, contacts SCRI are new closed and current flows through a maintaining resistor |31 te line 911 and thence through winding ef contacter ZDB, maintaining it operated.

The operator new moves the controller, as aiorsaid te the Run position, de-.energizing and restoring contacter CR, opening .contacts ICRI to ICRS and closing iCR'; and in line H2, centaets QDBS being vmaintained closed, contacter 'ECR is held operated.

.92, and through accelerating resistance 42.

In Fig. 3, in line 15, contacts ZCR are open and contacter FDE opens its contacts so that in Fig. 2, contacts FDEI to FDE4 are open.

In Fig. 3, line II5 is open at the contacts ITI an-d contacter IDB is de-energized and in Fig. 2 contacts IDBI are closed.

In Fig. 3, line 59, opening of contacts 3CR3 deenergizes contactors IFF and 2FF se that in Fig. 2 contacts IFFI-IFFZ-QFFI-ZFFZ all open.

In Fig. 3, wh-en contacter M operated, it closed contacts M2 in line Q8 and started the time interval of contacter IA; at the end of which it operates closing contacts IAI-LAZ and opens I A3.

In Fig. 2, contacts IAI cut out the rst step |00 of starting resistance.

The motors new start and run Linder jogging conditions of high torque and limited speed if they had not already been doing --se in a jogging operation, and are therefore new running with all of the accelerating resistance 42 in circuit,

l l except the rst section IIIII, and the shunt iields of the motors IU-I I-IZ are subject to the resistors 3I-32-33 under dancer roll control, and the field of the motor I 3 subject to hand rheos-tat control as described, and with the armature shunts around the motors.

It will therefore be seen Ithat the motors are subjected to the conditions of jogging at continuous 10W speed, although the control is set for full speed.

In Fig. 3 line I I3, contacts IAZ energized contactor IT and started its time interval, it being -a delayed operation contactor as indicated by a symbolized dash-pot IILl. At the end of its time interval it closes contacts ITI in line II5, and contacts 2CR3 being closed, the Winding of contactor IDB becomes energized and it operates closing contacts IDBt and opening contacts IDBI and I DB2; and in Fig. 2, contacts IDBI open the armature shunt circuit.

In Fig. 3, line $5, contacts ZCRE and IDB2 are now both open and contactor S is de-energized and in Fig. 2 the contacts SI, S2, S3 all open.

In Fig. 4, line IIE, closing of contacts IDBS energizes contactor 2A, a delayed operation contactor symbolized by a dash-pot I I'I, and it operates closing contacts 2AI, 2A?, and opening ZAII.

In Fig. 2, closing of contacts EAI cuts out another section IIB of accelerating resistance.

In Fig. 3, line I I5, contacts ZAII open but merely insert in the line, a holding resistor H9 and contactor IDB stays operated.

In Fig. 4, line I2Il, closing ci contacts 2A?, contacts SCRZ being closed, energizes winding of contactor 3A, a delayed operation contactor symbolized by a dash-pot IZI, and after its time interval it operates closing contacts IIA! and SAE.

In Fig. 2, contacts SAI cut out section I 22 of accelerating resistance.

In Fig. 4, line |23, contacts SAZ energize contaotor IIA, delayed as symbolized by dash-pot I 24, and it operates closing contacts IIAI and (IAE.

In Fig. 2, contacts AAI cut out accelerating resistance section I25.

In Fig. 4, line IZI, contacts @A2 energize contactor 5A, delayed as by a symbolized dash-pot |27, and it operates closing contacts 5A! and opening contacts 5A2.

In Fig. 2, contacts SAI cut out accelerating resistance section IEB, and bridge all of the contactors IAI, ZAI, SAI, and AAI.

The motors IEl-I I IZ-IS are now all accelerated to full speed, and the elds of motors III-I I-IZ are under control of the dancer roll operated resistors t I 3E-33.

Stopping on full speed running As referred to, it is one of the improvements effected by this invention to be able to stop all of the motors in a shorter time than has heretofore been possible in controls of this class.

In stopping, the motors are brak-ed dynamically in two steps of braking action; and the shunt fields are given higher than normal energization under dancer roll control, and nally given full across-the-line energization.

To eTect stopping at high running speed, the operator moves the controller 78 of Fig. 3 from the Run position to the Stop position, and the following events take place.

At this time, contactor-s ECR, M, FP, BCR, IA, 2A, 3Ay QA, 5A, IT, and IDB of Figs. 3 and 4 are in operated condition; and also contactor VR of Fig. 2 is in operated condition by means to be described.

In moving the controller 'I8 to Stopj contacts IE5-|65 are disconnected. This opens line SI] by Which positive potential was impressed on supplemental main and cle-energizes contactor SR, which restores and opens contacts SR2 by which negative potential was impressed on supplemental main tl.

Contactors 2CR and M thus are rie-energized and restore their contacts, opening contacts MI and M2; and opening contacts ZCRI to ZCRII and closing contacts 2C'R5 and ECRS.

In Fig. 2, opening of contacts MI cuts off the main current supply to the motors.

In Fig. 3, line IIS, opening of contacts M2 restores contactor IA and it opens contacts IAI- IA2 and closes contacts I A3.

In Fig. 3, line H5, opening of contacts 2CR3 restores contactor IDB and it closes IDBI, IDB?, and opens IDB3.

In Fig. 4, line I It, opening of IDBI?, restores 2A. opening its contacts EAI and 2A2 and closn ing 2A3.

The opening of contacts BAE in line IZB starts the successive de-energization of contactors 3A, A, and 5A, as is believed will now be apparent, and together with the restoring of IA and 2A as described, these contactors in Fig. 2 cut back in all of the resistance ft2,

In Fig. 3, line IIS, contactor IT is restored upon opening of contacts IA2, and opens its contacts ITI.

In Fig. 2, when contacts IDBI closed, it closed the dynamic braking resistance circuit at that point.

In Fig. 3, line 95, When'contacts 2CR5 closed, contacts FP2 being closed, contactor S operated, closing its contacts SI, S2, S3, which in Fig. 2 close dynamic braking circuits on the motors Ill-I I-I2.

In Fig. 3, lines I3@ and 94, contacts SCRI are closed and contactor ZDB is maintained operated so that in Fig. 3, line I I2, although contacts 2CR4 have opened, contacts 2DB3 areclosed and contactor SCR is held operated by closed contacts VRI in line |32 and closed contacts 2DB3 in line As to the contacts VRI of line I32, these contacts are on contactor VR of Fig. 2, the Winding of Which is connected across the armature of the motor I3, by Wires ISS and ISA through resistor 47 and through contacts SCRS normally open. Normally open contacts ICRI are in a bridge I35 around the resistor.

As above described in going to the Start position of the controller it, Fig. 3, and then to the Run position, contactors I CR and SCR of Fig. 3 were for a while both closed; and contacts 3CR3 and IICRI of Fig. 2 both closed. This energized contactor VR and it operated closing its contacts VRI. Subsequently when container ICR restored, opening contacts ICRI the resistor I1 was put in series with the Winding of contactor VR, and this predetermines a motor voltage at which the contactor will restore and open contacts VRI, the preferred voltage being about 7() to 80 volts. With the motors running at full speed, the voltage holds contactor VR operated, and in Fig. 3, line ISZ, contacts VRI closed, from which it is apparent that contactor SCR will restore at the predetermined lower motor speed upon the opening of contacts VRI.

In Fig. '3, line It, contacts ECRS and ICR? being closed, contactor FDE is operated and in Fig. 2, its contacts VDEI to FDEl close, putting the auxiliary rleld resistors i3 to It in parallel With ases-,1635

thedancer'roll' controlled field resistors 3i, 32, and 33, and the manuallycontrolledresistor 3Q, respectively;

In Fig. 3, linefld; contacter EDB is operatedfhaving'been nrst operated by closure of ICRS, and new held operated by closing of' contacts-SCRIV in line ISS; and in' Fig. 2, the opening contacts ZDBI cut in resistor 4 E.

'In Fig. 3, line 59, contacts SCRS beingY open, contactors VF and BFE are restored and in Fig. 2, their contacts IFFi, IFFZ, ZFFI, 2FF2 are open.

The motors are thus dynamically brake-d with a first step of braking effect determined by the inclusion of both resistors 40-1I inthe braking circuit.

The shunt fields are energized at an augmented or forced degree, to magnify the braking effect. but atthe same time are kept underthe reg ulating control of the dancer rolls; this being effected by snorting out the commen resistor 53; and by paralleling the normal eld resistors BI to 34 by the resistors 43 to 46.

It has been found` that by suitably predetermining the values of. the resistors 43 to 45, with respect te the values of theV resistors 3l to 33, the variation of the joint value of these parallel resistors by the dancer rolls Will go on, and the ield strength Will be regulated in the normal manner by the dancer rolls, but ata forced or augmented iield, strength. A suitable relation of the tvvo parallel resistors to effect this action is for each of the auxiliary resistors A3; 44, 45. to have a resistance value from %v to 40% oi that ofV the total resistance of thecorresponding reu sisters 3l, 32, and 33.d The resistors Ai'c and 34 can suitably have a like relation.

The motors are therefore slowed down very rapidly and under dancer. roll eld regulation control. When the speed of the motor i3 reaches that at which its armature voltage is at some preselected value, say 70 to 8O volts as aforesaid, the contacter VR, in 2, restores and opens its contacts VR I In Fig. 3, line !32, these contacts VRI upon opening de-energize contacter RCR and it re-- stores, opening contacts 3CRI toBCR3 and closing contacts SCRLl.. and 3CR5 with the following effect.

Inline |35, opening of contacts SCRi de-energizes contacter ZDB, and it restores closing its contacts 2DR?, 2DB2, and opening contacts ZDBB.

In Fig, 2, closing of contacts ZDBI, shorts out resistance /iI- and gives-a second step or increase tothe-dynamic-braking current.

In-Fig. 3, line IDI contacts F193l are closed and contacts ZDB?, upon closing, energize timing contacter 2T and it starts its time interval.

In Fig. 3, line contacts IA3 are closed and contacts CR' upon closing operate contactors IFF and EFF and in Fig. 2 their contactsy IFFI, IFF2, ZFFI, and 2FF2. allclose'and short out the regulating resistances 3i to 3a, and the augmenting resistances .3 to 4E, givingfull across-the-line strengthito the shunt ields, and a further increase of vdynamic braking effect on thesaid second step, bringing the motors to rest.

When the time ofv the timing contacter 2T has run, it restores the whole system to normal for another operation. It opens its contacts ZTI' in line 95 which de-energizes and restores-contacter FP; and contacts FP2 of the latter inline S5 open and de-energize and'. restore contacter S: and contacts FP3' in line Ii open and restore the timer 2T.

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In Fig. 2, When contacts` IDBI open, they open the armature shunt circuits, or the dynamic brak ing circuits, as the case may be, of the motors I-I I-I-IB. rlhe contacts SI, S2, S3 are also openedto disconnect or isolate their armatures from each other. The four armatures are thus isolated With only three contacts SI, S2, S3 so that it is unnecessary to provide a fourth contact in the line 9? of motor I3.

InJFig 2, if either one of the four motors should become overloaded, its corresponding overload'contacter EOL, 20L, EOL, or OL, will operate opening its contacts iOLI, 20L-I, SOLS, or 401A. Andagain in Fig. 2, if either of the four shunt elds 21 to Borshculd fail, the corresponding contacter inthe fieldV energizing circuits, namely the contactors EFL, 2li-L, BFL, or GEL, would be restored and open the corresponding contacts IFLI, ZFLI, BFLI, or FLL n-Fig. S, therefore, the purpose or" these contacts in series in line E9 becomes apparent. Upon eithei overload or field, failure-of ranyone of the motors, contacter SR Will be de-energizedand open its contacts SRE cutting elf potential from the snpplementalmain 84, deenergizing contactors ICR, ZCR, and M, opening contacts Ml in Fig. and cutting off power to ail of the motors, starting dynamic brakingto stop the motors.

nFigB, contacter is is shown. as amish button. contacter and may be openedV by hand at any time to openl line 89j. andV again, asv above described., te cut off power, te the motors and stop them; and this contacter may be considered as symboliaing any kind of automatic stop contactor operated to be opened by suitable or Well known means upon the occurrence of any abnormal condition of the apparatus. Any desired number of such contactors as 'i9 may be provided as different points on the apparatus.

As set forth in the foregoing description, certain interlocks have been provided by means of contacts operated by the several electromagnetic contactors to insure or. compel the operation of the contactersin` a predetermined sequence.

Another such interlock is provided by the contacts 5A2 of the contacter 5A and shown in Fig. 3 in the line 38 by which contacter ICR is energized; and because of which,D a cycle of operations cannot be initiated` by operation of contacter ICR as described until all of the yaccelerating resistance t2 of Fig. 2 has been cut back into the motor circuits by the restoring of contactor 5A and closure of said contacts 5A2.

Additional interlock contacts Which might otherwise be necessary are avoided and simplification eifected, by prescribing a mode of operation for the controller '18,l'ig. 3.

As stated, for fullspeed running, the controller 'I3 is moved te the Start position while contaeter 82 is held operated, and then contacter 82 is restored and the controller moved to Run position.

For full speed running conditions to obtain, contacter 3CR, 1Eig. 3, must be operated. It cannot operateV unless contacts 2DB3 inline II2, Fig. 3, are closed; and contacts 2DB3 cannot be closed until contacter ZDB line S4 is operated; and contacter 2DR cannot be operated except through contacts ICRE in line G4 when contacter ICR is operated.

The operator is thus compelled te hold the controller I8 in Start position, and thereby keep contacter ICRfclosed, long enough-for contactors EDB and SCR to operate, before he rel storesscontactor 82.

In Fig. 3, the jog contactor 82 and controller 'i8 are shown diagrammatically. In practice, the jog contactor is operated by a foot rail extending along the front of the machine accessible to the operator at any point, and is spring restored; these parts being symbolized by the bar |39 and spring lili).

The controller 'i8 is operated by a hand rail extending along the front of the machine symbolized by the bar I4! and is biased to the Run position by springs, symbolized at |42 and H43. The operator pulls the hand rail to Start position, releases it to return to Run position, and pushes it back to Stop position. As a safety measure, the hand rail is so located that if the operator should slip or fall forwardly toward the machine his body would push the hand rail to Stop position.

The control system above described is energized by substantially constant voltage on the mains dil- 49, Fig. 2.

Systems of this general class are sometimes energized from a generator provided for the purpose and with its output voltage variable and adjustable at its neld excitation.

Some of the improvements described hereinbefore are applicable to such variable voltage systems. Particularly is this true of the described means for dynamically braking and stopping the motors when running the motors when running at full speed; and the claims hereof are intended to cover the claimed improvements, Whether embodied in a constant voltage system or in a variable voltage system.

I claim:

1. In a control system for the plurality of shunt-field and series-field excited motors of multiple-die-block Wire-drawing machine of the type having wire-operated dancer-roll mechanisms; a source of potential; a common motoraccelerating resistance; normally open main motor circuits comprising conductors for connecting each of the motor armatures and its series field to be energized from the potential source through the common accelerating resistance; a

common armature shunt resistance; normally open motor shunt loop circuit comprising conductors for connecting the armatures of lthe mctors in respective loops through the common armature shunt resist-ance; normally open shunt eld full energizing circuits comprising conductors for connecting the motor shunt fields to be energized from the potential source; shunt eld regulating rheostats at least some of which are controlled by dancer-roll mechanisms; normally ineffective shunt iield regulating circuits comprising conductors for connecting the shunt fields to be energized from the potential source through the regulating rheostats respectively; a timing contactor; operators contactor means; control means comprising control circuits and contactors, rendered effective upon operation of the operators contactor means: to close the normally open main motor circuits; to close the normally open motor shunt loop circuits; to close the normally open shunt field full energizing circuits; and to actuate the timing contactor, to cause it to operate after a time interval; and comprising other control circuits and contactors rendered effective by operation of the timing contactor: to open the shunt iield full energizing circuits; to render effective the shunt lield regulating circuits; and to cut out a step of the accelerating resistance.

2. In a control system for the plurality of shunt-eld and series-held excited motors of a multiple-die-block Wire-drawing machine of the type having Wire-operated dancer-roll mechanisms; a source of potential; a common motoraccelerating resistance; normally open main motor circuits comprising conductors for connecting each of themotor armatures and its series eld to be energized from the potential source through the common accelerating resistance; a common armature shunt resistance; normally open motor shunt loop circuits comprising conductors for connecting the armatures of the motors in respective loops through the common armature shunt resistance; normally open shunt iield full energizing circuits comprising conductors for connecting the motor shunt fields to be energized from the potential source; shunt field regulating rheostats at least some of which are controlled by dancer-roll mechanisms; normally ineffective shunt iield regulating circuits comprising conductors for connecting the shunt fields to be energized from the potential source through the regulating rheostats respectively; a timing contactor; operators contactor means; control means comprising control circuits and contactors, rendered effective upon operation of the operators contactor means: to close the normally open main motor circuits; to close the normally open motor shunt loop circuits; to close the normally open shunt lield full energizing circuits; and to actuate the timing contactor, to cause it to operate after a time interval; and comprising other control circuits and contactors rendered effective by operation of the timing contactor: to open the shunt iield full energizing circuits; to render effective the shunt ield regulating circuits; and to cut out a step of the accelerating resistance; to thereby accelerate the motors at high torque up to a limited predetermined speed; said control means rendered effective upon restoring of the operators contactor means: to open the main motor circuits; to thereby cause the motors to be dynamically braked by the motor shunt loop circuits; to cut out a portion of the common armature shunt resistance to magnify the braking eiect; to render effective the shunt field regulating circuits; and to close the shunt field full energizing circuits; to stop the motors.

3. In a control system for the plurality of shunt-field and series-held excited motors of a multiple-die-block Wire-drawing machine of the type having Wire-operated dancer-roll mechanisms; a source of potential; a common motoraccelerating resistance; normally open main motor circuits comprising conductors for connecting r each of the motor armatures and its series eld to be energized from the potential source through the common accelerating resistance; a common armature shunt resistance; normally open motor shunt loop circuits comprising conductors for connecting the armatures of the motors in respective loops through the common armature shunt resistance; normally open shunt field full energizing circuits comprising conductors for connecting the motor shunt fields to be energized from the potential source; shunt iield regulating rheostats at least some of which are controlled by dancer-roll mechanisms; normally ineffective shunt eld regulating circuits comprising conductors for connecting the shunt fields to be energized from the potential source through the regulating rheostats respectively; a first and a second -timing contactor; operators contactor means; control means comprising control circuits and contactors, rendered effective upon operation of the operators contactor means: to close the normally open main motor circuits; to close the normally open motor shunt loop circuits; to close the normally open shunt eld full energizing circuits; and to actuate the rst timing contactor, to cause it to operate after a time interval; and comprising other control circuits and contactors rendered eiective by operation` of the rst timing contactor: to open the shunt field full energizing circuits; to render effective the shunt eld regulating circuits; and to cut out a step of the accelerating resistance; and to actuate the second timing contactor to cause it to operate after a second time interval; and comprising other control circuits and contactors rendered effective by operation of the second timing contactor: to open the motor shunt loop circuits, and to cut out the rest of the accelerating resistance in successive timed steps, to accelerate the motors to full speed.

4. A control system to quickly decelerate and stop the plurality of shunt field and series eld excited motors driving a multiple-die-block Wiredrawing machine with the shunt fields controlled by eld rheostats and at least some of the rheostats controlled by Wire operated dancer rolls, and with the motors and series fields connected in parallel circuits energized from a source of potential; the system comprising a common armature shunt resistance; normally open motor shunt loop circuits comprising conductors for connecting the armatures of the motors in respective loops through the common armature shunt resistance; shunt field resistances for the shunt elds respectively; normally open bridging circuits comprising conductors for connecting the shunt eld resistances in parallel with the eld rheostats; normally open shunt field full energizing circuits comprising conductors for connecting the shunt elds to be energized from the potential source; a timing electromagnetic contactor energized across the armature of one of the motors and being normally operated and having normally open contacts; operators contactor means; control means comprising control circuits and contactors rendered effective upon operation of the operators contactor means: to cut off the motor armatures and series elds from the source; to close the normally open bridging circuits; to close the normally open shunt loop circuits to cause the motors to be dynamically braked by current through the common armature shunt resistance; to thereby cause the motors to slow down to effect restoring of the normally operated timing contactor and closing of its contacts; and comprising other control circuits and contactors rendered effective upon closing of the timing contactor contacts to: cut out a part of the common armature shunt resistance, and to close the shunt eld full energization circuits.

OSWALD M. BUNDY.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Mortensen June 24, 1930 Number 

